Paper-hanging machine.



No. 797,224. PATENTED AUG.15, 1905. A. C. REDMAN.

PAPER HANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum) JUNE 12,1905.

PATENT UFFlUE.

ALLEN (J, REDMAN, OF FINDLAY, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed June 12, 1905. Serial No. 284,880

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l',AL'LnN C. Barman, a citizen of the United titates, residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Paper-Hanging Machines; and i do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to paper-hanging machines, and particularly to a construction adapted to trim, paste, and apply the paper to a wall, ceiling, or other surface to be covered.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved construction of casing in which the roll of paper may be supported and from which it passes by a trinnning-wheel and thence beneath a paste-applying mechanism to an applying-roll mounted at the opposite end of the casing from the roll of paper.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cutter extending transversely from the casing and provided with an operating-cord extending therefrom to the handle of the apparatus.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

in the drawings, Figure 1 represents the side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view on line at t of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 4t is a cross-section, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective, of the paste-applying brushes.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The letter A designates the casing of any desired construction or configuration, which is provided at one end with a handle A and at its opposite end with an applying-roll A, extended beyond the casing, by which the paper may be held in contact with the surface to which it is applied. The roll of paper, as indicated at B, is suitably mounted within the casingf0r instance, upon a rotatable crossshaft Ji -and passes thence upward and over a bearing-roller A at the upper end of a top plate C. Cooperating with the roller A is a trimn'iing-wheel A, mounted upon a shaft A, extending parallel to the roller A.

Above the top plate C a paste cup or receptacle l) is provided, which is mounted in any preferred manner and provided at one-end with a removable cap D for the purpose of introducing paste therein. At intervals throughout the length of this cup dampers D are pivotally mounted at their opposite ends, as shown at l), one of which is provided with an operating-handle D". These dampers pre vent the bodily movement of the paste within the cup from end to end and by dividing it into smaller bodies secure a more ellicicnt feeding action through the apertures and in the base of the cup. This cup rests upon a slotted cross-board D, withinwhich a slide l) is mounted and adapted to be operated by means of a handle D at one end thereof whenever it is desired to feed paste from the cup or receptacle into the brush beneath thesame. As shown in Fig. 5, this brush is composed of a back wall E, formed of wood or other suitable material, at one side of the paste-receiving slot through the board D", and at the opposite side thereof a rubber spreader-blade E is disposed and provided with a corrugated or recessed edge for the purpose of permitting the feed of paste downward upon the paper resting upon the top-plate'C. In addition to the spreader E is thebrush E, formed of bristles in the usual manner, which effectually and completely spreads the paste over the surface of the paper on passing beneath the parts.

At the lowerend of the top plate U and cooperating with the edge C thereof is a cutterblade 0 pivotally mounted at one end C thereof, so as to travel downward and pro duce a shearing cutting, extending across the end of the board for the purpose of severing the paper when any desired length thereof has been applied to the wall. This cutter may be operated in any desired manner, but is preferably controlled by means of cord or flexible connection C" extending therefrom from the free end thereof downward over a bearing-pulley U and thence over the pulley C out at the handle A of the casing. The free end of the knife or cutting blade is nor mally held in an elevated position by means of a spring 0, secured at one end to the cats ing and at the opposite end to the blade. The

handle A is provided with a suitable socket for the purpose of applying an extension A of any desired length thereto.

In the operation of the invention it is only necessary to apply a roll of paper within the casing, and it is fed therefrom by the tension of the pasted end of the paper applied to the end of the wall during the upward movement of the casing and trimmed, pasted, and cut by the means carried upon this device. The pasting means herein shown provide for a proper feed to the brush at such times as it may be necessary and permit the supply within the cup to be cut off, while the dampers therein effectually prevent a bodily movement of the paste in handling the device. The cutter-blade and connections permit the severing of the paper, when the desired length has been secured, by a person at the handle of the machine.

The provision of the paste-receiving slot with a solid wall at one side and a flexible spreading-blade at the opposite side having a corrugated edge regulates the amount of paste left upon the paper, which is further distributed and spread thereon by the brush.

WVhen the machine is in use, this slot is filled with paste, and the paper passing beneath the back wall thereof receives a coating of paste, which is spread by the flexible blade, so that there is no waste of paste.

I/Vhen it is desired to apply a fresh roll of paper to the machine, it is reversed with the bottom side upward and the cut-off slide open, so that the paste in the receiving-slot may pass back into the cup. The rod holding the roll of paper is then released and removed, when a new roll is applied. The rod is then secured in position and the cut-off slide from the paste-cup closed. The machine is then returned to its normal position, the paper passed beneath the trimming-roll and pasting device, and the cut-off slide is then opened to feed the paste to the upper surface of the paper in its passage through the machine. In this manner the application of paste to the top plate is avoided, and the outer or printed face of the paper will always retain the clean and unpasted condition.

Havingdescribed my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a paper-hanging machine, a casing,a roll-supporting means therein, a top plate over which the paper is adapted to pass, apaste-ap plying device above said plate, a trimming-wheel knife at the upper end of said plate, and an applying-roll extended beyond the opposite end of the casing from thepaper roll or rod.

2. In a paper-hanging machine, a casing, a roll-supporting means therein, a top plate over which the paper is adapted to pass, a paste-ap plying device above said plate, a trimming-wheel knife at the upper end of said plate, an applying-roll extended beyond the opposite end of the casing from the paperrod, a cutter-blade pivotally mounted at one side of the casing at the lower end of the top plate, and means extending from said blade to the handle of the machine.

3. .In a paper-hanging machine, a casing, having a top plate thereon, a paste-receptacle supported above said plate and provided with an apertured bottom, a slide mounted beneath said bottom to closev the apertures therein, and brushes carried beneath said slide to bear upon the top plate of the casing.

4. In a paper-hanging machine, a casing, having a top plate thereon, a paste-receptacle supported above said plate and provided with an apertured bottom, a slide mounted beneath said bottom to close the apertures therein, brushes carried beneath said slide to bear upon the top plate of the casing, and an apertured damper disposed within said pastereceptacle.

5. In a paper-hanging machine, a casing, a a top plate thereon, a paste-receptacle supported above said plate, a cross-bar provided with a depending blade at one side thereof, a brush disposed at the opposite side of the crossbar, and an intermediate flexible spreader carried by said bar.

6. In a paper-hanging machine, a casing, a top plate therefor, a cutter-blade pivotally mounted at the lower edge of said top plate, a spring for supporting one end of said blade, and a flexible connection extending from the spring-supporting end of the blade through the casing to the handle thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALLEN C. REDMAN.

I'Vitnesses:

CHARLES E. JORDAN, ALFRED GRABER. 

